Led by surprise winner Terence Weber, the German combined athletes in Ruka, Finland, achieved a furious triple success.
The 25-year-old Weber won the first World Cup of his career with 1.2 seconds ahead of veteran Eric Frenzel and Vinzenz Geiger (+2.3 seconds).
The trio of national coach Hermann Weinbuch also benefited from a disqualification of the Norwegian dominator Jarl Magnus Riiber.
Hennig super happy
The German cross-country skier Katharina Hennig caused a surprise in Ruka, Finland.
Over ten kilometers in the classic technique, the 25-year-old Oberwiesenthaler took third place and only had to admit defeat to the two star runners Frida Karlsson (Sweden) and Therese Johaug (Norway).
"I'm super happy.
I would not have expected that in life, "said Hennig on ZDF.
With the cold she got along "very well", explained Hennig at minus 16 degrees in Ruka.
"Nobody in the team expected that," said national coach Peter Schlickenrieder.
Friedrich remains unchallenged
Bobsleigh dominator Francesco Friedrich leaves no doubt about his supremacy in the Olympic winter.
As in the season opener the previous week, the record world champion won in two in Innsbruck-Igls, but with Thorsten Margis instead of Alexander Schüller.
Vice world champion Johannes Lochner drove to second place again with Christian Rasp and completed the double success.
Justin Kripps from Canada completed the podium.
Successful tobogganing for Anna Berreiter
Anna Berreiter from Berchtesgaden brought the German luge athletes their first World Cup victory of the Olympic season.
The 22-year-old won the 2014 Olympic track in Sochi ahead of Kendija Aparjode (Latvia) and Victoriia Demtschenko (Russia).
Danja Eitberger from Illmenau came in fifth.
The Olympic champions Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt from Königssee achieved third place in the doubles.
Brothers Andris and Juris Sics from Latvia won the 2014 Olympic track ahead of Russians Andrei Bogdanow / Vladimir Prokhorov.
Biatlet Herrmann in third place
Denise Herrmann gave the German biathletes their first podium finish in the Olympic winter at the World Cup opener in Östersund, Sweden.
The 32-year-old made only one mistake in the individual over 15 kilometers on Saturday, in the end the Saxon was third, 5.3 seconds short of second-placed Austrian Lisa Theresa Hauser, who also received a penalty minute.
World champion Marketa Davidova secured the first victory of the new season.
In the end, the flawless Czech had a lead of 1: 17.7 minutes on Hauser.
Strong impression in the monobob
World Cup third Laura Nolte confirmed her strong first impression in the monobob.
The Winterberger landed as the best German driver in Innsbruck-Igls in second place, five hundredths of a second behind.
In the young discipline, Olympic medals will be awarded for the first time at the Olympic Games in Beijing (February 4 to 20, 2022).
After two flawless runs, Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) secured the victory.
Katharina Althaus third in ski jumping
The German ski jumpers have also made it to the podium in an individual competition for the first time since the beginning of the corona pandemic.
Katharina Althaus took third place on Saturday in Nizhny Tagil, Russia, and only had to admit defeat to the two Slovenians Ema Klinec and Ursa Bogataj after jumps on 91 and 92 meters.
The German ski crosser Florian Wilmsmann took fifth place at the World Cup opener in China.
The 25-year-old from TSV Hartpenning was eliminated in the semifinals on the course in the Secret Garden.
Then he won the small final.
In the women’s category, Daniela Maier (SC Urach) finished sixth in the first World Cup race after tearing her cruciate ligament.
The victories at the start of the season went to the Russian Sergei Ridzik and the Swede Sandra Näslund.
EM bronze in curling
The German women curlers won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Lillehammer.
The team around Skip Daniela Jentsch (Füssen) prevailed on Friday in the game for third place against Russia with 9: 6.
The Scottish women around Eve Muirhead won gold thanks to a 7: 4 final victory over the Swedes around Olympic champion Anna Hasselborg.